A glorious day on what was the hottest weekend of the year so far.
The only down side to the conditions was that being located on a non hard surfaced site there was a lot of dust being thrown up.
None the less, plenty to admire and enjoy.
UHA 225H ‘West Midlands PTE’ No. 6225. Daimler Fleetline CRG6LXB / Alexander ‘J’ type
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘BMMO’ (Midland Red) and taken over when the PTE was established retaining its ‘BMMO’ fleet number.
Classifield in ‘BMMO’s vehicle identification system as a DD13.
USS 416L ‘Ian Glass’, Haddington. Bedford VAS / Plaxton Panorama 4
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
A very pretty little coach.
CHE 536K ‘Yorkshire Traction’ (YT) No. 536. Leyland Leopard / Marshall
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to (YT) and subsequently becoming part of the ‘Stagecoach Yorkshire’ group in 2005.
Unusual for the time in only being 30 feet long (or whatever the metric equivalent is).
On withdrawal from service it was converted to a recovery vehicle and is now restored to this very stylish (YT) livery.
RWU 534R ‘Metro’ No. 8334. Leyland Leopard / Plaxton Derwent
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
‘Metro’ being the operating name of ‘West Yorkshire PTE’.
ESC 847S ‘Eastern Scottish’ No. S847A. Seddon Pennine 7 / Alexander ‘Y’ type
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘Scottish Omnibuses’.
PFN 865 ‘East Kent’. AEC Regent 5 2LD3RA/ Park Royal
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New in 1959 as a double deck service bus but subsequently cut down and used as a recovery vehicle.
B503 FFW ‘Lincolnshire’ No. LO603. Leyland Olympian / Eastern Coach Works
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘Lincolnshire Road Car Co’. with the fleet number 1503.
TMS 405X ‘Midland Scottish’ No. MPE 405. Leyland Leopard / Alexander ‘Y’ type
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘Alexander Midland’.
CRC 911 ‘Derby Corporation Transport’ No. 111. Crossley DD42/8A / Brush
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
HNE 641N ‘GM Buses’ No. 81BY. Leyland Leopard / Eastern Coach Works
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
‘GM Buses’ being an operating name for ‘Greater Manchester PTE’.
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